Azle Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

We join back up with Jesus in the gospel of Luke for our new series: Let Me Tell You a Story: Jesus Stories from Luke. In today’s text, we wonder what it means that Jesus responds to a request for more faith with a metaphor and a terrible parable. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ong...

On the first Monday of each month, we will be offering a Lectio Divina podcast. Lectio Divina is a practice of reading scripture not for learning something practical or theological, but rather to allow the Living Spirit of Christ to speak to us through a word, a phrase, a pause. It lets the text be the text as it speaks to our own hearts. You’ll hear the same scripture from a couple of different v...

Colossians wraps up with a long list of church people. Who are these people anyway? We know a few from other letters, but we don’t know much, and it’s easy to skip over this section. But this is perhaps the most important part! Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azl...

What do we do with this part of the letter? The writer begins by talking about a resurrection ethic: “Since you have been raised with Christ…” The vision is beautiful, the instructions are clear. And then they lay out some imperial, patriarchal household codes that seem to contradict everything they just said! How do we reconcile these two? I promise it’s not what you think. Find us on social medi...

The writer to the Colossians is very concerned about some teachings that have infiltrated the church: namely, that faith is merely spiritual and that the body has nothing to tell us of God. But that couldn’t be farther from the truth! What if our bodies are spiritual, too? What if the embodiment of the Divine in Jesus has something to say about our own embodiment being conduits of Divine love? Fin...

The writer to the Colossians has some news, some very good news for the people of God: the good news is for the Gentiles! And the way to spiritual maturity for the Colossians is to let this news change them. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church,...

On the first Monday of each month, we will be offering a Lectio Divina podcast. Lectio Divina is a practice of reading scripture not for learning something practical or theological, but rather to allow the Living Spirit of Christ to speak to us through a word, a phrase, a pause. It lets the text be the text as it speaks to our own hearts. You’ll hear the same scripture from a couple of different v...

In true First Day fashion, we do an overview of our subject and test. Who are the Colossians? How do we read somebody’s mail from thousands of years ago responsibly and imaginatively? This is our assignment for the next few weeks. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of...

Today, we engage in a lectio divina practice with the scripture from Matthew 13:31-35; 44-50. You will hear from a few of our congregants as well as the congregation itself in this guided spiritual meditation. Our orienting question for this practice is: “What is the one thing God is telling you?” Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristi...

Guest preacher Sally Gary. Sally Gary is founder and director of CenterPeace, a 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry dedicated to creating space for conversation about faith and sexuality. CenterPeace hosts workshops and retreats for church leaders and their congregations to better understand and welcome the LGBTQ+ community. CenterPeace also hosts retreats for parents of LGBTQ+ individuals and spiritual...

Guest Preacher Mollie Donihe Wilkerson. Mollie Donihe Wilkerson grew up in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia and loves them dearly. She studied Social Work in college then followed a pull toward theological education all the way to Vanderbilt Divinity School, where she received her Master of Divinity in 2020. Marrying her academic interests with a near lifelong love of s...

We tag along with Jacob in this sermon as he is on the run from a mess he has made. And though his story has been full of action up until this point, it comes to a screeching halt. He needs to rest. And when he closes his eyes, he finds that God has something to say that can only be said when he stops hustling, stops running, and truly rests. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, c...

Throughout the series, the members of Azle Christian Church have been writing a letter to itself. An epistle, if you will. Today, we read that letter together! Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo...

The end of Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi may seem like a collection of odds and ends, but they all have the same thread running through them—they are like concentric circles of mutuality. In places of radical sharing—within a congregation, among churches, and even among faiths, we can see God’s movement. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website...

Though we don’t know the full extent of what Paul was contending with in his letter, we do know that Paul was caught in the in-between—counting what he had left behind and looking forward to what was ahead. It’s not hard for us to imagine that we, too, live in an ever-changing world. What does Paul have to say about living in a world whose ground is shifting underneath our feet? Find us on social...

Paul addresses a cultural phenomenon with the church in Philippi by sharing a hymn with them. As we participate in our own liturgy, we are reminded that these pieces speak to us in a different way than mere words. Sharing songs, communion, prayers, and doxologies remind us of the cruciform life we are called on a deep, visceral level. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact u...

Do you have a special place in your heart for the CCM world of the 90s and early aughts? Are you raptured by nostalgia at the mention of Steven Curtis Chapman, Nicole C. Mullin, DC Talk, Avalon, Sixpence, and David Crowder? This Music Monday episode is for you! Listen as ACC's Rev. Ashley Dargai, worship minister Nicole Hendley, and special guest Emily Harden host July’s Music Monday podcast. "You...

Paul gets real about his time in prison and his mental state under Roman guard. But his vulnerability gives us insight to how to live in Christ, and how to die. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo...

We begin our new worship series on Philippians with the salutations and introduction. This may seem like an innocuous piece of the letter, but it actually tells us a lot about who Paul is, who the church is to Paul, and what their shared concerns are. As we consider our own context, we plunge ourselves into a different world for a love-filled, liberating vision. Find us on social media: Facebook a...

Trinity Sunday Communion Meditation - Rev. Ashley Dargai "My daughter Annie is a dual citizen of the United States and Hungary. Even though she has never been to Hungary, she has a Hungarian passport and birth certificate. She speaks Hungarian. She sings songs that I don’t understand. My husband, JD, and I will sometimes make Hungarian dishes, but we’re always substituting spices or vegetables. Wh...

Here’s the story of the beginning of the church: The Holy Spirit blows in and everything gets turned upside down. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s still the story of the church today. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our websit...

Guest preacher - Rev. Diane Clark Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo (@Azle-ChristianChurch).

ACC's June Music Monday podcast is available a week early! We are releasing this episode now to prepare you for Pentecost this Sunday, June 5th. On this episode, Pastor Ashley and Nicole talk about their Pentecost playlist by walking through the story verse by verse. Pentecost Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4O3iv5gy3gxiiquaQGZF6Y?si=01cff6600aaf496f Pastor Ashleys 5/31/2020...

We remember our baptism this week with this story of Lydia’s baptism by the river. How do unexpected events reveal the Spirit’s work? What do our convictions about baptism as Disciples have to say about how Jesus is and how God moves among us? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing...

What a gift it was to have Remi Shores preach at Azle Christian Church again! Remi is pursuing their Masters of Divinity at Brite Divinity School as they move through the ordination process. They also serve as the Apprentice Evangelist at Galileo Church where they are on the frontier of online worship and community building through Galileo’s Inside Out ministry. Find us on social media: Facebook a...